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A B C angled spherical triangle Answer apparent altitude Atlantic Ocean bisected Cape celestial object centre chronometer circle column compass computed correction Cosec Cosine Cotang course and distance declination diff lat diff long Difference of Latitude difference of longitude Dist equal equator EXAMPLES FOR EXERCISE Given A B greater Greenwich Hence horizontal parallax hypothenuse Indian Archipelago Indian Ocean Island Latitude and Departure latitude and longitude logarithm longitude Lunar Distance meridian distance miles moon moon's Nautical Almanac noon observed opposite Pacific Ocean parallax parallel parallel sailing parallelogram perpendicular plane sailing polar distance pole quadrant radius rectangle rhumb line right angled spherical right ascension Secant semidiameter sides square of A B star straight line subtract Suvers Suversed Sines Table Tang tangent Theo THEOREM triangle ABC true altitude true distance Vers